Wearing mustache-shaped earrings, Aysha Izaguirre, 11, said, she thought Michelle Obama, the first lady, would have made a good president.

"I wish we had better candidates," said 10-year-old McKinesey Kuester. "Hilary Clinton should have run."

After three counts of the 532 ballots cast by students and teachers, Obama came out ahead by 250 votes.

"One student came over to me and said they had voted on the issues most important to them," Silkey said. "That showed a lot of maturity. I was very pleased to know they were voting as informed citizens should."